Law terminology · MLC-0107

Law terms: J (10)

• Joint administrationA court-approved mechanism under which two or more cases of related debtors can be administered together for...
• Joint petitionOne bankruptcy petition filed together by spouses.
• judgeAn official with statutory authority to decide legal disputes according to the law. Used generically, the...
• JudgeshipThe position of judge. By statute, Congress authorizes the number of judgeships for each district...
• judgmentThe official decision of a court finally resolving the dispute between the parties to the lawsuit.
• Judicial Conference of the United StatesThe policymaking body for the federal courts. It convenes twice a year to consider administrative and policy...
• jurisdictionThe legal authority of a court to hear and decide a certain type of case. See also “Venue.”
• jurisprudenceThe study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• juryThe group of local citizens selected by the court to hear the evidence in a trial and render a verdict on...
• jury instructionsA judge's directions to the jury before it begins deliberations regarding the factual questions that it must...

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